Nedile Lodge was nominated quite a few times, by our loyal guests, so we accepted the challenge and entered! Over a period of a couple of weeks, guests from all over the world were asked to vote for their favourite. So this competition is a true reflection about what our guests want and love.

The World Luxury Hotel Awards Gala Ceremony is the world’s most prestigious red-carpet event on the hospitality calendar, so with eager anticipation and excitement we received the news to please attend the Gala event.

As the event takes place in a different country each year, we didn’t have to travel too far, as Cape Town was the host for 2014. South Africa didn’t disappoint! With world class entertainment from various artists and performers, Fine dining with a South African twist, everything was exceptional.

Derek Watts (Journalist & TV presenter) was one of the Guest Speakers – sharing praise and anecdotes of what he knows of the industry.

Then, finally, the awards portion of the evening was underway. Anica received the coveted title of Winner for Luxury Game Lodge in South Africa, for Nedile Lodge from Roxy Louw (SA Personality).

As there is so much competition in the industry, standards are constantly being raised, and we will always strive to offer you only the best. This accolade was a highlight in a fantastic year, and we look forward to all the future may hold for us.

Nedile Lodge is situated in Welgevonden Private Game Reserve, in the spectacular Waterberg Plateau. The reserve, which we call ‘Home’ is 38 200ha in size and have over 50 different mammals, including the Big 5.

Social media in today’s day and age, makes it so easy to keep you, our guests, updated with news of what’s happening on a daily or weekly basis. Just by keeping an eye on our Facebook posts and the blog posts, you know what is happening in and around the lodge, what we’ve seen on game drive, great photo’s get shared etc.

Keeping with the times, the Reserve is also keeping us updated with happenings! In a reserve this vast there is quite a bit happening behind the scenes, and almost always some interesting animal mischief that has to be dealt with quickly by management. Some of this include the cheetah that got into the buffalo camp or the elephant that got an anchor pole stuck between its tusk and gum! Have a look at the following link:

The Lilizela Tourism Awards represent and reward the highest excellence in tourism in South Africa. The Lilizela Awards combine all industry related awards onto one premier platform. They are an initiative of the National Department of Tourism, spearheaded by South African Tourism and delivered by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa.

After numerous guest feedback, Michael went for the one-on-one interviews in Polokwane and then we received the official invitation for the Lilizela Provincial awards. This took place on Wednesday evening the 3rd of September 2014, at the Hans Merensky Hotel & Spa in Phalaborwa.

The evening was attended by some of the most prominent people in the industry. Ms Thembi Kunene, who is the National Chairperson for the Lilizela awards, was there to welcome and to remind everyone the key role we play in this beautiful country. The keynote address followed, which was done by the MEC of Economic Development and Tourism – Hon Seaparo Sekoati. He also handed out of the awards, and the rest of the evening we were treated to a show case of some of the regions traditional dances, and opportunity for the various industry ambassadors to mingle.

Michael walked away with 2nd place for the province, an amazing achievement for our very own guide and one of the youngest in the competition.

We thank everyone for supporting Michael and the lodge in this competition, without all our friends and wonderful guests’ support we couldn’t have done it.